Most notorious to be on death row"One of the most notorious offenders to be executed was Raymond Hamilton, member of the 'Bonnie and Clyde' gang. He was sentenced from Walker County and executed on May 10, 1935, for murder. Hamilton and another man had escaped from death row, only to be captured and return to death row."

Most notorious to be on death row"One of the most notorious offenders to be executed was Raymond Hamilton, member of the 'Bonnie and Clyde' gang. He was sentenced from Walker County and executed on May 10,

Some have been found innocent and released, others had charges lessened and remained incarcerated.

In 2004, Ernest Willis (pictured here) was taken off of death row and released after serving 17 years behind bars. He had been convicted of setting a 1986 fire that killed two sleeping women in Iraan, about 230 miles west of San Antonio. But Ori White, Pecos County district attorney, dropped the murder case, saying there were strong indications the fire was an accident. White said that even if a crime was committed, he did not believe Willis was involved.

"Murder of an individual under ten years of age; or
murder in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of the other person as a judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal court."